10.04.2012 | 報夢請教

saw this in the newspaper the other day.. the title says "offered iPhone to ancestors, grandpa appeared in dream saying he doesn't know how to use" [note], a guy hence freaked out and fell sick for two days.. i think this is a rather rare news until it was reported in some foreign papers.. traditional chinese paper offerings industry has been coping so well with technology, they have all the latest gadgets available, maybe it's time for them to consider attaching the user manual or visual aids with the products.. but there were also jokes saying if ancestors are offered mobile phones, are they going to call up at night from "down there"?? :p

[note] according to the chinese tradition, particularly for the taoism religion, descendents will pay respect to their ancestors by praying and burning offerings made of paper (symbolizes sending them to ancestors "down there") at grave sites.. this is the qingming festival which usually happens around 5th april every year..

wah, this First Lady lost the first commenter to me then feel so not happy, haha!! i just want to be the first one to greet everyone a happy tuesday mah, i thought this is a very nice gesture?? hahaha!! maybe i shall do it tomorrow also, since it's public holiday sure First Lady will not be so early..

Sometimes I really disagree with the management, suka-suka change the ad-hoc-ly declared holiday to another date.

Like last time when we won the what-what piala for football, we got the following day as holiday. Darn the management changed it to a Saturday! And I'm not working on that Saturday!! So they replied, "Nasib la". What the f....??!!

i also don't like that lah, but then sometimes management also have their reasons also lah.. anyway, as long as it's replaced then still acceptable lah.. but then it would be better to follow the majority lah, or else employees cannot enjoy family day also right?? complain to Najib?? haha, you think it will be of any help??

And if I forgot to ask, I'll refer to the 4D mini book for the number.

*note: you know the 4D book, right? The one old Chinese men and women like to check upon. Example, if they see a snake crossing the road, they'll check for snake symbol. Each symbol has its correspond numbers.

sometimes manuals also won't work because very lazy to flip through page by page, better ask and get the answer straight away, haha.. hmmm, i think that's a good business for steve jobs down there huh?? :p

hahaha!! let's see what Queen Muffin Yvonne is going to bake this weekend.. hmmm, like that means she will get a new nickname every week!! oh, i know!! she is going to make Yip Chee Mei bun this weekend, she so dream of Yip Chee Mei~~ wakakakaka!!

Opps, not Chee Mun, lol!! Lina, she's a retired porn star. But all the guys are crazy over her! Can see how happy SK is, when I mentioned the name. Must be bring back all those sweet dreams of her, wakakakaka!

SK said those gadgets should attach with visual aids and manual. No use, my ancestors can't read. The best is to have Apple store there, provide professional support to the end users. Right or not? Yvonne, next time when we go that time, we can work in Apple store. Choi, choi, choi. Sorry.

Most of us brush off dreams as just dreams - no significant meaning at all. But others who have experienced actual happenings would believe that some (not all) dreams are requests for help or to rectify a situation. I know people who acted on the rectification and have not been disturbed (by dreams) anymore.

I wonder why they need to burn such things for the dead - what's the significance? Traditionally, they burn boats/ships so they will take the souls of the deceased back to their homeland (China) and things like that. These days, they just simply burn...anything and everything.

i think the intention is good, they just want to offer the best to their ancestors only.. anyway, it's the deed of respect that counts, so let's not just comment too much on what different people are trying to burn, agree?? :)

I believe people should just offer the items the deceased is familiar with so that he/she will be able to make use of it.

Maybe a decade or two down the road iPhones can be offered as the deceased would have been familiar with such a gadget. A case in point, a relative who enjoyed playing mahjong when he was living would enjoy receiving a set of mahjong, for instance. My two cents.

"I was walking behind my grandma and grandpa (he was dead for more than 5 years earlier) up a hill. I couldn't catch up with both of them and my grandma ushered me to follow faster. I tried to run and yet they seemed to be moving further." Then I woke up abruptly.

Hearsay, if I managed to hold onto them, my soul would follow them to netherland and never returned.... means I would be dead in my sleep, my grandma took me with her. I was my grandma favourite granddaughter *sweat*

@ yvonne: oh, that is scary.. that's why sometimes cannot say we can totally ignore or disbelieve such thing also right?? but then maybe it's just a dream that they are leaving you, they just miss you so much but did not intend to bring you together since you are lagging behind..

@ lina: oh, do not accept anything offered in dreams?? but then we cannot control what we are doing in the dreams right?? and eih, there are also other "visitors" in your apartment still??

Lina, yeah, I can't help but to accept the gift moreover I'm in the dream. And you're "good" in getting dreams of your deceased relatives. In Chinese culture, when we dreamt of the deceased, it mean something, or so they say. I can't really brush them off nor believe in them totally :s

SK, I think I'm the one who couldn't let go. I'm close to my late-grandma and love her very much.

Wonder do the dead blog as well now that they have all those sophisticated gadgets? If yes which would be most popular? Wordpress or Blogger or both are unheard of in the other world? Maybe Steve can start Hellpress or Heavenbless for them.

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